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Usb 1.1 floppy drive

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Hi! I have a usab 1.1 floppy from BusLink Model: FDD1, Fedora Core 2 detetecs the floppy in the hardware browser, but when I try to use the mount utility is detected as a memory stick and gives and error like this: mount: /dev/sdb1 is not a valid block device Any idea?

Name: 3Dave
Date: August 11, 2004 at 06:35:23 Pacific

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What command are you trying to mount it with? What file system are the floppies formatted in?

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